Mark Funkhouser

Mark Funkhouser

School of Professional Advancement

Adjunct Faculty

Biography

Mark Funkhouser, president of Funkhouser & Associates, is a municipal finance expert and former mayor of Kansas City who has served as a government official, elected leader and publisher of Governing magazine. He is a trusted and credible advisor to government officials who is uniquely qualified to help them put their communities on the path to fiscal sustainability. Funkhouser holds an master’s degree in social work from West Virginia University, an M.B.A. from Tennessee State University, and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in public administration and urban sociology from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.